MANAGEMENT OF OIL SANDS TAILINGS
| Autor: | Baki Özüm, J. Don Scott, Rick Chalaturnyk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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| Zdroj: | Petroleum Science and Technology. 20:1025-1046 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2459 1091-6466 |
| DOI: | 10.1081/lft-120003695 |
| Popis: | In Alberta, oil sands bitumen is utilized for synthetic crude oil (SCO) production by surface mining, bitumen extraction followed by primary (coking) and secondary (catalytic hydrotreating) upgrading processes. SCO is further refined in specially designed or slightly modified conventional refineries into transportation fuels. Oil sands tailings, composed of water, sands, silt, clay and residual bitumen, is produced as a byproduct of the bitumen extraction process. The tailings have poor consolidation and water release characteristics. For twenty years, significant research has been performed to improve the consolidation and water release characteristics of the tailings. Several processes were developed for the management of oil sands tailings, resulting in different recovered water characteristics, consolidation rates and consolidated solid characteristics. These processes may affect the performance of the overall plant operations. Apex Engineering Inc. (AEI) has been developing a process for the... |
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